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17 January 2015

Certificate Program: Georgia – Strategy 2020

Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) is announcing the certificate program on Georgia 2020 that is implemented by Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), by the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) and by the Bremen University within the scopes of the “Strategic Plan Georgia 2020 – Strengthening Public Involvement (ZigB) Georgia”

16 January 2015

Criminal Prosecution against Giorgi Kldiashvili has been terminated

Criminal prosecution against Giorgi Kldiashvili was terminated. The 1500 GEL bail will be returned to Giorgi Kldiashvili. The prosecution has 5 days to file an appeal against the decision of the court terminating criminal prosecution against Giorgi Kldiashvili.

14 January 2015

Universal Healthcare Program and its Challenges in Georgia

On Thursday, January 15th, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information is holding the Discussion on “Universal Healthcare Program and its challenges in Georgia”. The discussion is held with the scopes of the Project “Strategic Plan Georgia 2020 – Strengthening Public Involvement (ZigB) Georgia”.

14 January 2015

Live Discussion Series within the Project Georgia 2020

Within the scopes of the project “Strategic Plan Georgia 2020 – Strengthening Public Involvement (ZigB) Georgia” project participant Davit Chikhladze is arranging the Series of Live Discussions that are addressing the Socio-Economic Development Strategy “Georgia 2020”, its success indicators and action plans.

6 January 2015

Georgia 2020 and Foreign Direct Investments

Within the scopes of the aforementioned project students will have the opportunity to be involved in the 4 day lecturing course – 'Georgia 2020 and Foreign Direct Investments'. The named lecturing course will be conducted by Sebastian Tideman, Bremen University, PhD candidate

6 January 2015

Georgian System of Market Economy – 2003-2012

Within the scopes of the aforementioned project students will have the opportunity to be involved in the 4 day lecturing course – "Georgian System of Market Economy – 2003-2012". The named lecturing course will be conducted by Giorgi Khishtovani, Bremen University, PhD.

26 December 2014

IDFI took part in 6th Forum of Youth Organizations Forum of Georgia

On the first day of the Forum, IDFI (Institute for Development of Freedom of Information) presented its Awareness activities carried out throughout 2014, which put its emphasis on active engagement of young people.

24 December 2014

Lecturing course - 25 Years of Transformation – Eastern Europe and Georgia has finished

60 students were awarded with certificates in the lecturing course - 25 Years of Transformation – Eastern Europe and Georgia.
Lecturing course was held by Institute for Development of freedom of Information (IDFI), Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and Bremen University with the financial assistance of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany within the scopes of the project Strategic Plan Georgia 2020 – Strengthening Public Involvement (ZigB) Georgia.

23 December 2014

Presentation on the concept of new web-portal of Tbilisi City Hall

On 23rd of December, IDFI with the support of Open Society Georgia and Tbilisi City Hall has organized a presentation within the project of “Concept for the New Web-Page of Tbilisi City Hall” at Courtyard Marriott Tbilisi. The survey about international practice of the foreign countries municipalities for creating and implemented web-portals as well as the new concept for web-page of Tbilisi City Hall was presented to the Mayor of Tbilisi City Hall- Davit Narmania and other district governors.

22 December 2014

OpenData.ge in the international impact assessment of FOI platforms

A British organization mySociety has conducted comprehensive research on impact of Freedom of Information tools worldwide. Among other FOI platforms, the study also covers Georgian experience, namely Public Information Database OpenData.ge, created by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) with financial support from Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF) in 2010.